title: Surfactant protein-A in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from neonates with RDS on conventional and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation.
abstract: Surfactant protein-A (SP-A) was measured in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples from ventilated neonates in order to study the concentration of SP-A with regard to: 1) high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) vs. conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV); 2) the postnatal course and ontogeny of SP-A; and 3) the correlation with measurements of pulmonary function. Patients on HFOV had markedly lower BAL SP-A concentrations on days 1 and 2 compared to those on CMV, which may indicate influence of mode of ventilation on surfactant metabolism. The SP-A concentrations increased postnatally concurrent with resolution of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Finally, there were only weak correlations between BAL SP-A concentration and dynamic lung compliance and oxygen requirement.
authors.affiliation: Section of Newborn Pediatrics, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia 19107.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gerdes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karp
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hull
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Whitsett
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000418:Albumins / Q000032:analysis; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006612:High-Frequency Ventilation; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008170:Lung Compliance / Q000502:physiology; D011510:Proteolipids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A; D037661:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D011510:Proteolipids; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A; D037661:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants